Negativity - you hear a lot of it. Coaching isn’t about yelling and screaming. I am a coach that thrives on positivity to coach my players to build and focus on their strengths. I work with [soccer] teams the same way I manage teams at work.

4) What is your earliest soccer coaching memory?

Thirteen years ago starting with an Under-7s' team and wondering to myself on how to structure the unstructured.

5) What was your initial reaction when you were offered a coaching role at Box Hill United?

Ecstatic on the tinge of nervousness. It was an opportunity to coach at a good club, [which] comes with expectations. What I have here at the moment is a squad with talented players who have been brought up with a solid base. The situation had the bar already set really high. My challenge is to push that even higher. I do believe though given the independence, it’s achievable...